The Star newspapers posted an article today in their Weekender section (page W22) providing some input on tricks and trends for the home. It exclaims that ’small spaces are merely figments of your imagination but with colour, furniture and storage, one can make any small space look spacious’. Hmm, if small spaces are figments of [...]
So many designers, so many marvellous creations and this is just another one of them- Casulo: mobile living furniture created by Marcel Krings and Sebastian Mühlhäuser. You’ve only got to watch the following video to be totally amazed.
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See… what’d I tell you about being amazed by this crazy ingenious project? Right now, this is only [...]
Interiors Malaysia is a trade fair where our local home grown architects, constructors and interior designers exhibit and showcase their works. This is the second installment and will be held from 29thMay - IstJune at the Putra World Trade Centre (click here for location map). Admission is FREE. I can’t make it today because of [...]
While still drooling over the Pick Chair, I found this and thought that I simply must share this on How’sHouse. It’s called Cube6, designed by Japanese designer Naho Matsuno (click here for Naho’s site). Cube6 is another ingenious space saving piece of furniture- starts out as a cube/block that can double as a side table [...]
I came across this and thought it was simply brilliant. Designed by Dror Benshetrit, this piece is simply marvellous for owners of small apartments. Heck, it’s just great for anyone who wants a conversational piece of furniture in their place.
Presenting the Pick Chair:
What did I tell you? Brilliant, isn’t it? Aesthetic and yet, totally functional. [...]
Whilst my wife was looking for a new pair of jeans at Promod at 1Utama, I looked around and saw:
Guys who looked very bored and out of place whilst waiting for their wives/girlfriends to finish their shopping. These are the same guys that when they catch you staring at them, start acting all macho and [...]
Want a simple yet elegant piece of accessory that will be the talking point when your guests notice it? Introducing… the Invisible Book Shelf. I first saw this on Chiasso- an American home furnishing retailer- selling for USD15-18.
Since I couldn’t find something like this locally here in Malaysia, I decided that there had to be [...]
After all the renovation and carpentry works were done, I got my furniture and appliances in and the house was then fully functional. Then I looked at my walls and noticed how bare they were. I told myself I needed to hang up some modern art to give life to the walls and add colour [...]
Sun Jars are growing ever more popular within the designer lighting circle. Here’s an example of a Sun Jar sold at the A+R Store- an American online designer furniture retailer.
photos courtesy of A+R online store
I really like the warm glowing effect that emanates from an ordinary everyday cookie jar. What a cool concept. As usual, [...]
Came across this ingenious and totally economical method for creating a vase, from an egg carton at www.oiti.com.br.
Some baby breath and a nice looking egg carton is all you need. You’ll probably have to pop by Cold Storage where they sell more ‘mahal’ eggs which come in nicer packaging (well, the vase still costs you [...]